Import/Export Industry Notifications

Chittagong Customs and the Chittagong Port Authority started working on 29th March 2021 to make the containers available and free yard space amid worldwide equipment shortages. Bangladesh is freeing-up hundreds of containers that have remained undelivered for years and occupy valuable space at Chittagong port and depots.

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MSC Tina, a 19,000+ teu vessel, suffered an “allision,” according to Splash24/7. This means the “striking of a vessel against a fixed object.” The ship did not come out of a meeting with the pier at Ambarli port well and now has a sizeable slice out of its port side, just above the waterline.

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The salvage firm hired to unlodge the Ever Given from the Suez Canal banks reported Monday that the container ship had been successfully refloated, allowing other vessels to start transiting the canal by later today and the backlog of vessels to potentially be cleared by the end of the week.

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The Indian sugar industry is upbeat on exports, even though there is a drop in global prices for the commodity, largely because of the two key decisions taken in mid-February. Two key decisions taken by the Union Government to help the sugar industry have buoyed the commodity’s exports and meet the shipment target of six million tonnes (mt) for the current season (October 2020-September 2021)

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Turmeric prices have begun to gain on exports to Bangladesh and Gulf countries. As per the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare’s first advance estimate of horticultural crops, turmeric production is projected to be 11.06 lakh tonnes (lt) this season (July 2020-June 2021) compared with 11.53 lt the previous season.

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The vessel EVER GIVEN has refloated and will be towed to Great Bitter Lake for inspection. Towage operations for the vessel should commence very soon during high tide. The damaged area of the canal will be inspected and repaired if necessary.

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Importers / Exporters, Customs Brokers, members of Trade and other stakeholders are informed that the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCl) and Korea Customs Service (KCS) have notified the following changes in the forms of C/O issued by authorities (KCS and KCCI)- Addition of QR Code: Connecting sites to help check C/O authenticity, http://cert.korcham.net/search/index.htm (KCCI);  https://www.customs.go.kr/kcshome/co/CertificateOfOriginView.do (KCS); Addition of 2D Barcode: preventing duplication and counterfeit.

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The government and exporters hope that the US Trade Representative (USTR) goes slow on the proposed retaliatory tariff on 40 items, including basmati rice, shrimps, and several gems and jewellery products, in response to India's digital service tax (DST).

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APM Terminals Mumbai (GTI), APM Terminals Pipavav in India, and APM Terminals Callao in Peru launched Track & Trace in March. The container tracking tool can be found on the terminals’ homepages on www.apmterminals.com in both English and the local language.

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